Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] been [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 At the moment everyone has been talking about other people behind people 's backs yeah Shrimp , you got good English !
2 At the moment everyone has been talking about other people behind people 's backs .
3 And this week the IMF made public what everyone has been saying in private : that there can be little foreign help on offer until the Soviet Union reforms its ‘ rotten ’ economy .
4 I find myself alone with the steward who tells me has been working on this line for the past twenty-five years .
5 I 'm just wondering why , cos someone 's been dealing with that
6 Somebody has been interfering with this case internally . ’
7 Their goodness has helped to make up the huge amount of goodness which has been accumulating for thousands of years and which we call the Created God . ’
8 The CIA 's code of conduct , which has been operating since last April , is now an integral part of the association 's Responsible Care programme , to which all CIA member companies have now signed up .
9 He 's not alone , judging by the contents of this week 's postbag which has been bursting with all the replies from our whose-tum-bum-or-thighs-would-you-rather-have competition .
10 A further example is when an organisation which has been trading for many decades finds itself increasingly out of touch with the market and the organisation 's internal culture and style is no longer appropriate to the markets it is trying to address .
11 By 1600 hours the load on PTA Sir Geraint , Which has been going on all afternoon , is complete to the Chief Officer 's satisfaction .
12 This latest development in a saga which has been running for many months represents a change of heart by the Saints ' board .
13 Take the High Road , which has been running for 13 years , does n't make the ratings tables because it is not slotted in a peak viewing time across the country .
14 The worry for regular viewers to the series which has been running for 19 years , is that the ethos of the programme may be changed to pander to the larger English audience .
15 But the rehabilitation centre which has been running for 21 years could be closed within the year .
16 Voluntary Project administrator Roy Montgomery is convinced the scheme , which has been running for three months , is a major success — and a lifeline for local young people .
17 This new magazine is modelled on the successful ‘ English Civil War Notes & Queries ’ which has been running for several years .
18 The Milk Race , which has been running for 25 years , is like a wagon train as it winds its way through the country .
19 and we ’ ll be previewing the grand prix season in four weeks time … now next week the Oxford playhouse stages one of the sporting mismatches of the year … and cast in the unlikely role of trainer or coach is Alan Ayckbourn who after Shakespeare is the most performed playwrite of all time … the name of the game is a production about rowing called One Over the Eight which has been playing to packed houses in Scarborough
20 I am having problems with my two foot Red-Tailed Catfish which has been fasting for two weeks .
21 A particularly influential way of studying them was outlined by Ninian Smart , one of the first members of the Shap Working Party which has been campaigning for this approach since the early 1970s : religions each have at least six dimensions : doctrinal , mythological , ethical , ritual , experiential and social .
22 CEPALC is a non-profit-making organisation which has been working since 1978 to serve the communication needs of grassroots groups in the towns and rural areas of Colombia .
23 Mm , somebody 's been working on this though have n't they ?
24 The crowds at Constitution Dock cheered the owner who has been trying for 20 years to score a major success in this race .
25 ‘ We can hear the phones , and it saves a trek downstairs , ’ says Sheila , who has been smoking for 25 years .
26 Mr Vasarhelyi , who has been drawing for 30 years , has also just finished a collection of World Wide Fund for Nature stamps for export to Italy and Iceland .
27 In Dering Street , Annely Juda makes a strong start to the new year with her first exhibition of new works by Hamish Fulton who has been walking in recent months in Norway , France and Spain ( 28 January-6 March ) .
28 Some disagree with this line of thinking — notably Ichiro Ozawa , the secretary-general of Japan 's ruling party , who has been arguing for Japanese soldiers to be sent to the Gulf in a non-combat role — but they have not had much luck making their case .
29 POLICE believe a body washed up on a beach in Kent might be that of a young Essex woman who has been missing for two months .
30 One disappointing absentee is Jonathan Davies , who has been playing with such verve at full-back recently but has not recovered from his damaged hamstring , allowing Alan Tait to revert to full-back .
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